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he said it was tragic the week ended the war in iraq. he double down on that in a speech last week and said we should have kept jobs -- troops on the ground in iraq. i disagree. i know these troops. i know their families. i know how dedicated they are and the sacrifice they and their families make. it was time to bring those troops home to their families. it was the right thing to do. [applause] and every brave american who wears a uniform for this country needs know that as long as i am commander-in-chief, we will maintain the strongest military in the world and when those troops takeoff the uniform, we will serve them as well as they have served us because nobody should have to fight for a job after they have fought for our country. nobody should have to fight for a roof over their head or the health care they need after they have fought for america. [applause] finally, i want to cut the deficit by $4 trillion or the next 10 years and i have worked with republicans and democrats to cut $1 trillion dollars worth of spending and i'm read
he said it was tragic the week ended the war in iraq. he double down on that in a speech last week and said we should have kept jobs -- troops on the ground in iraq. i disagree. i know these troops. i know their families. i know how dedicated they are and the sacrifice they and their families make. it was time to bring those troops home to their families. it was the right thing to do. [applause] and every brave american who wears a uniform for this country needs know that as long as i am...
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>> bret: know anyone who served in iraq or iran? also, did you see senator harry reid raise his hand? he said that twice. "newsweek" december 31, i will be its last print. the magazine will tran cision to an all digital format. december 31. confirming reports this summer that had been rebuffed. editor tina brown sent a letter to her staff in july. owner barry diller would like to make it clear he did not say that newsweek is going digital in september. he made the uncontroversial industry wide that print is moving in the direction of digital. news busters noelle she period quips "you were saying, tina?" finally, michelle obama and ann romney dressed up for tuesday's debate. both in pink. "us" magazine says ann romney wears $365,000 dress to debate. and obama has shift jacket from michael kors 20134 resort collection and retails for $1795. the jacket is $1495. >>> few things are more american in american politics than gerrymandering. the division of areas in the district design to favor one party over another. pair of republican heav
>> bret: know anyone who served in iraq or iran? also, did you see senator harry reid raise his hand? he said that twice. "newsweek" december 31, i will be its last print. the magazine will tran cision to an all digital format. december 31. confirming reports this summer that had been rebuffed. editor tina brown sent a letter to her staff in july. owner barry diller would like to make it clear he did not say that newsweek is going digital in september. he made the...
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troops should still be in iraq. but at a secretly taped fund-raiser last may the video shows romney said this. >> this president's failures put in place an agreement allowing 10,000-20,000 troops to stay in iraq. unthinkable. >> warner: romney said that mr. obama also had wanted to keep troops in iraq. but could not g baghdad to guarantee them legal immunity. >> there was an effort on the part of the president to have a status of forces agreement. i concurred with that and said we should some number of troops stay on. that was something i concurred with. that was your posture and mine as well. you th ght it should have been 5,000 troops. i thought it should have been s more troops. the answer was we got no troops whatsoever. >> just a few weeks ago you indicated that we should still have troops in iraq. >> i'm sorry. i indicated... >> warner: last november, joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey told a senate committee the obama administration wanted to keep about 3,000 troops in iraq if there had been a status of for
troops should still be in iraq. but at a secretly taped fund-raiser last may the video shows romney said this. >> this president's failures put in place an agreement allowing 10,000-20,000 troops to stay in iraq. unthinkable. >> warner: romney said that mr. obama also had wanted to keep troops in iraq. but could not g baghdad to guarantee them legal immunity. >> there was an effort on the part of the president to have a status of forces agreement. i concurred with that and...
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they've doubled in iraq, that the president brags about. they've got training camps in western iraq, that the stalemates over iran, 30,000 people being massacred in syria, and the president does nothing about it, while more jihadists flock into the country. this is unraveling, and it's a failure of leadership. i think the american people ought to know about it. >> greta: you know, i can't figure out if he in this story if he's been uninformed, misinformed, detached, incompetent in how he handled it, or whether with it's a political motive to try to hide it from the american people, or is there any other choice? >> let me say, as far as banghazi is concerned, either two things -- willfully deceiving the american people in hopes that it would drag out past the election or a degree of incompetence that can only -- responsibility for which can only come to president's desk. >> let's not forget, this didn't just fit their narrative, because the president has been saying al-qaeda is on the run, bin laden is dead. i think what happened is when the
they've doubled in iraq, that the president brags about. they've got training camps in western iraq, that the stalemates over iran, 30,000 people being massacred in syria, and the president does nothing about it, while more jihadists flock into the country. this is unraveling, and it's a failure of leadership. i think the american people ought to know about it. >> greta: you know, i can't figure out if he in this story if he's been uninformed, misinformed, detached, incompetent in how he...
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when when you talk about killing bin laden coming out of iraq, and what he doesn't get enough credit for getting rid of gadhafi without losing a single life, and the republicans saying he's leading from the behind and i that i it was a success. will they change the term of the debates to who wins on styles and zinger, mr. vice president what do you think. >> al gore: how could you think something as inconsequential as style could play a role in a televised presidential debate. i don't understand the question. [ laughing ] >> eliot: i won't follow that answer. >> cenk: isn't there something off about that? >> al gore: yes, now can i quote you, cenk, of course! >> jennifer: of course! >> john: i think they agree with you, cenk. >> cenk: is there a way to influence the rest of the media enough to say just maybe you should focus on the substance of what these guys are saying after a debate? >> eliot: i hope they get that memo. >> jennifer: i think of this debate more than any other debate is it's going to be much more focused on style than substance because people don't care so much abou
when when you talk about killing bin laden coming out of iraq, and what he doesn't get enough credit for getting rid of gadhafi without losing a single life, and the republicans saying he's leading from the behind and i that i it was a success. will they change the term of the debates to who wins on styles and zinger, mr. vice president what do you think. >> al gore: how could you think something as inconsequential as style could play a role in a televised presidential debate. i don't...
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bush administration iraq war spokesman in baghdad. that is who is heading up the paul ryan part of the romney/ryan campaign. senor also sits on the board of directors as something called the foreign policy initiative. they've got four people on their board. one is dan senor. two of the other four people are special advisers to the romney campaign. these guys. and yesterday that group headed by the top staffer to paul ryan and two other romney/ryan advisers called for an american war in syria. you ready for another american war in the middle east? this is a presidential campaign that neither side wants to be about foreign policy. even president obama does not want that because there are hard questions to be asked of him about why we're still in afghanistan and the kill list and drone strikes and all the rest. but the romney/ryan campaign has not been capable of asking those questions. they haven't even bothered to come up with a legible policy on the war we are already in. so anybody who wants hard questions asked of president obama on
bush administration iraq war spokesman in baghdad. that is who is heading up the paul ryan part of the romney/ryan campaign. senor also sits on the board of directors as something called the foreign policy initiative. they've got four people on their board. one is dan senor. two of the other four people are special advisers to the romney campaign. these guys. and yesterday that group headed by the top staffer to paul ryan and two other romney/ryan advisers called for an american war in syria....
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very similar to what iraq was in 2004. the reality of iraq versus what bush was telling us was totally different. >> that will be a kfrlgs, i imagine, the two men will have tonight. senator lindsay graham, nice to see you. >>> much more to come on "the daily rundown." congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz and issues that matter domestically to florida voters. first, a look ahead at the schedules. i think you guys know where they're going to be tonight at 9:00. 7:30 to 9:00, watching the cardinals and giants, i'm guessing. you're watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc live from lynn university here in boca raton, florida. no, no, no, stop! humans -- one day, we're coming up with the theory of relativity, the next... stop, stop, stop! my car! not so much. but that's okay. you're covered with great ideas like optional better car replacement from liberty mutual insurance. total your car, and we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. learn about it at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility -
very similar to what iraq was in 2004. the reality of iraq versus what bush was telling us was totally different. >> that will be a kfrlgs, i imagine, the two men will have tonight. senator lindsay graham, nice to see you. >>> much more to come on "the daily rundown." congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz and issues that matter domestically to florida voters. first, a look ahead at the schedules. i think you guys know where they're going to be tonight at 9:00. 7:30 to...
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you said we should have gone into iraq. despite the fact that there were no weapons of mass destruction. you said that we should still have troops in iraq to this day. you indicated that we shouldn't be passing nuclear treaties with russia, despite the fact that 71 senators, democrats and republicans, voted for it. you've said that first we should not have a time line in afghanistan. then you said we should. now you say maybe. or it depends, which means not only were you wrong, but you were also confusing and sending mixed messages both to our troops and our allies. so what we need to do with respect to the middle east is strong, steady leadership, not wrong and reckless leadership that is all over the map. and unfortunately that's the kind of opinions that you've offered throughout this campaign, and it is not a recipe for american strength or keeping america safe over the long term. >> i'm going to add a couple of minutes here to give you a chance to respond. >> well, of course, i don't concur with what the president said
you said we should have gone into iraq. despite the fact that there were no weapons of mass destruction. you said that we should still have troops in iraq to this day. you indicated that we shouldn't be passing nuclear treaties with russia, despite the fact that 71 senators, democrats and republicans, voted for it. you've said that first we should not have a time line in afghanistan. then you said we should. now you say maybe. or it depends, which means not only were you wrong, but you were...
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al-qaeda is alive and well in libya, iraq, syria and the wars are not receding. what happened in benghazi is a case study in failure at every phase. what they did after the attack i think is just absolutely unacceptable. they tried to confuse, delay and deny and create a narrative this was a spontaneous event when it was not. the truth is the benghazi, libya consulate was a death trap long in the making and it's failed presidential leadership. >> senator durbin, despite what the president says he did, his team clearly refused to call it an act of terror for at least a week. >> this is not a case of protest directed at the united states. at large or u.s. policy, this is in response to a video that is offensive. >> it was a spontaneous reaction to what just transpired in chiro as a consequence of the video. >> during the second debate, the president said he was offended by any suggestion he or his administration played politics. how do you explain the continued refusal to call it terrorism even as the evidence grew that it was terrorism. >> look at the article by d
al-qaeda is alive and well in libya, iraq, syria and the wars are not receding. what happened in benghazi is a case study in failure at every phase. what they did after the attack i think is just absolutely unacceptable. they tried to confuse, delay and deny and create a narrative this was a spontaneous event when it was not. the truth is the benghazi, libya consulate was a death trap long in the making and it's failed presidential leadership. >> senator durbin, despite what the president...
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. >> four years ago i said i'd end the war in iraq. we did. said i would pass health care reforms, make sure people don't go bankrupt when they get sick. we have. said we had to refocus on al qaeda. we have. made sure that we saved an auto industry that was on the brink of collapse. we've done that. so we've got a very strong story to tell whether it's on social issues like don't ask, don't tell or economic issues that matter for middle class families. >> does that lean forward enough or is that just the past? >> it feels like the past, but one of the odder things we're seeing in the polling is the right track/wrong track is moving in the direction that should be helping the president. and yet mitt romney is the one making -- is still making gains even as people feel better, both with the job the president is doing -- this is what's weird about this. this is not a seesaw. the romney move up is not correlating with some sort of obama going down on his job rating. >> right. >> and that is -- >> could it be that the president outran his string? c
. >> four years ago i said i'd end the war in iraq. we did. said i would pass health care reforms, make sure people don't go bankrupt when they get sick. we have. said we had to refocus on al qaeda. we have. made sure that we saved an auto industry that was on the brink of collapse. we've done that. so we've got a very strong story to tell whether it's on social issues like don't ask, don't tell or economic issues that matter for middle class families. >> does that lean forward...
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. >> we ended the war in iraq, refocused our attention on those who actually killed us on 911. and as a consequence, al qaeda's core leadership has been decimated. >> reporter: mitt romney tried to poke holes in obama's position, while trying to stay above the fray. >> i see iran four years closer to a bomb. i see the middle east with a rising tide of violence, chaos, tumult. i see jihadists continuing to spread. >> reporter: but for most of the debate, the president tried to belittle his republican foe's lack of foreign policy experience. >> i know you haven't been in a position to execute foreign policy, but every time you've offered an opinion, you've been wrong. >> reporter: the president mocked mr. romney's repeated attempts to agree with many of his policies. >> i congratulate him on taking out osama bin ladin and going after the leadership in al qaeda. >> i'm glad that you agree we've been successful in going after al qaeda, but i have to tell you, your strategy previously has been one that's been all over the map. >> reporter: both men did echo the other on an array of
. >> we ended the war in iraq, refocused our attention on those who actually killed us on 911. and as a consequence, al qaeda's core leadership has been decimated. >> reporter: mitt romney tried to poke holes in obama's position, while trying to stay above the fray. >> i see iran four years closer to a bomb. i see the middle east with a rising tide of violence, chaos, tumult. i see jihadists continuing to spread. >> reporter: but for most of the debate, the president...
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during the debate he said he didn't want more troops in iraq, but he was caught on a video just a few months ago saying it was unthinkable not to leave 20,000 troops in iraq. >> and here is that caught-on-video moment that president obama is referring to. >> this president's failure to put in place an agreement to allowing troops to stay in iraq. unthinkable. >> dr. obama thinks he saw more symptoms of romnesia last night. you wrote an article titled "let detroit go bankrupt." you definitely have a case of romnesia. there's a cure, but you've got to vote to make sure that the medicine is there for romnesia. >> vice president joe biden is still humble enough to admit that last night's debate left him confused. >> last night you saw governor romney rushing to agree with the president on iraq, afghanistan, syria. he disavowed the foreign policy he's been running on for the past two years, just like that. half the time i didn't know whether governor romney was there to debate barack obama or endorse barack obama. it was hard to tell. >> 59.2 million television viewers watched last night's
during the debate he said he didn't want more troops in iraq, but he was caught on a video just a few months ago saying it was unthinkable not to leave 20,000 troops in iraq. >> and here is that caught-on-video moment that president obama is referring to. >> this president's failure to put in place an agreement to allowing troops to stay in iraq. unthinkable. >> dr. obama thinks he saw more symptoms of romnesia last night. you wrote an article titled "let detroit go...
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dan deployed for a year in iraq and james almost didn't come home from iraq, when a grenade hit his vehicle. >> the war is not over. we still have a job to do. suzy, right now she just thinks i'm going to work and i won't be back for a long time. >> reporter: suzy, his 4-year-old who can't quite pronounce -- >> afghanistan. >> reporter: -- much less comprehend where daddy's going. >> it is very hard to talk to the family, what if we don't come back? that's just what everybody knows about going to war. you try to talk about it but how can you? >> reporter: the u.s. military doesn't have a specific policy about the deployment at the same time of an entire family unit. in this case, parents and a child. the military says it also does not keep track of how many cases like this are out there, but ask anybody around here and they'll tell you this is something they have almost never heard of. >> we have so many american heroes in this country that serve every day. it's enormous, the amount of sacrifices that our american families make here and abroad, and they do it for selfless service for the co
dan deployed for a year in iraq and james almost didn't come home from iraq, when a grenade hit his vehicle. >> the war is not over. we still have a job to do. suzy, right now she just thinks i'm going to work and i won't be back for a long time. >> reporter: suzy, his 4-year-old who can't quite pronounce -- >> afghanistan. >> reporter: -- much less comprehend where daddy's going. >> it is very hard to talk to the family, what if we don't come back? that's just...
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we have responsibly ended the war in iraq, we are going to end the war in afghanistan, and, al qaeda as a shadow of its former self and usama bin laden is mold derring in a watery grave somewhere and we've put enough pressure on iran with the sanctions regime, so they will not develop a nuclear weapon they want to sit down and talk. these are positive developments, moving us toward a more stable nation, more stable world, and, when we faced threats of terrorism, every direction. >> chris: senator durbin, i -- senator durbin -- i hate to interrupt, we are running out of time. i have one question: and you are quite right, there is a report that the cia put out talking points that said that it was a spontaneous demonstration. but, if that was what the cia's intelligence was, why does obama -- president obama claim that he called it terror the day after? >> well, of course it involves an act of terror whether the result of a spontaneous demonstration or something planned. you know, this is unacceptable that you would attack another embassy and kill the ambassador. it is terrorism in any
we have responsibly ended the war in iraq, we are going to end the war in afghanistan, and, al qaeda as a shadow of its former self and usama bin laden is mold derring in a watery grave somewhere and we've put enough pressure on iran with the sanctions regime, so they will not develop a nuclear weapon they want to sit down and talk. these are positive developments, moving us toward a more stable nation, more stable world, and, when we faced threats of terrorism, every direction. >> chris:...
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health care, education, for women, i also wanted to remind them that your president ended the war in iraq. this is the president who took out osama bin laden. [applause] tell them how barack is fighting every day to make sure our veterans get the benefits they deserve. tell them about the young immigrant in this country who will never again have to live in fear of being deported from the only country they have ever called home. tell them how our service members will never again have to lie about who they are to serve the country they love. i want you all to remind them of the concrete plans this president has laid out for the next four years. send them to the web site. learn about how the will create millions of new jobs come up with american made an edgy, reduce our deficit. and end the war in afghanistan. here is what i really wanted to tell them -- barack obama knows the american dream because he has lived it. he is fighting everyday so that everyone of us in this country can have that same opportunity. no matter who we are or where we are from or what we look like or who we love. let'
health care, education, for women, i also wanted to remind them that your president ended the war in iraq. this is the president who took out osama bin laden. [applause] tell them how barack is fighting every day to make sure our veterans get the benefits they deserve. tell them about the young immigrant in this country who will never again have to live in fear of being deported from the only country they have ever called home. tell them how our service members will never again have to lie...
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we can go back to the top tax rate we had when the upper income earners were doing well in the anti-iraq economy was growing. a balanced approach is the only approach that i believe will get us there. >> your rebuttal? >> you can stand here having voted for trillion dollar debt this is the last four years. the largest, fastest that increase in american history and say that we have to control spending. you have done nothing to control spending over the last four years. with respect to cut, cap, and balance, it is amazing that the idea of taxing the ability of congress to spend money we do not how and balancing the budget is extreme. i think it would force congress to set priorities and stop funding things like solyndra and start prioritizing things like social security and education which is why i support a balanced budget amendment. >> this is just one of the key races you can follow one sees parent, cs been radio, and c- span.org/campaign2012. host: a.j. spiker of is chairman of the iowa republican party. "the hill" says president obama has a four point lead in iowa. what is your respon
we can go back to the top tax rate we had when the upper income earners were doing well in the anti-iraq economy was growing. a balanced approach is the only approach that i believe will get us there. >> your rebuttal? >> you can stand here having voted for trillion dollar debt this is the last four years. the largest, fastest that increase in american history and say that we have to control spending. you have done nothing to control spending over the last four years. with respect...
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i have been in and out of iraq and afghanistan over 20 times. these folks, these warriors, they are not paying any tax on their salaries. nor should they pay any tax on their salaries. folks, speaking of those warriors, we owe them and their families. how many of you know someone whose son, daughter, husband or wife went to afghanistan or iraq? raise your hands. my son was in iraq. and let me tell you something. we owe them, and here is the deal -- mr. president, every single morning get up i have my staff contact the pentagon, because i want to know exactly how many sacrifices have been made. just in the last five days, the number of what they called fallen angels, when we lose a warrior in iraq and afghanistan the military has a freeze for it. i was making my fourth or fifth trip out of baghdad, and i do not know if it was a colonel or a major who said -- they said, "senator, permission to board a fallen angel." then in the back of that cargo plane came a flag-draped coffin. my colleagues with me on that trip, all we could think of was the fam
i have been in and out of iraq and afghanistan over 20 times. these folks, these warriors, they are not paying any tax on their salaries. nor should they pay any tax on their salaries. folks, speaking of those warriors, we owe them and their families. how many of you know someone whose son, daughter, husband or wife went to afghanistan or iraq? raise your hands. my son was in iraq. and let me tell you something. we owe them, and here is the deal -- mr. president, every single morning get up i...
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my cousin is home from iraq, i'm a sophomore and i got to my junior year because the president doubled the pell grant. i don't think those are measurable when you contrast it with 2008 because those are all first time voters, some 18, 19 and didn't have the chance do that before. >> the reason you're in st. louis, interviewing the president for mtv later today. he's been doing a lot of interviews lately, be did "rolling stone" a lot of late night shows. tell me why and whether it's going to work? obviously "rolling stone" that was not by accident. mtv not by accident. is there still a unified way to reach young people in this fractured social media world? they watch mtv and read "rolling stone" is that still accurate? >> yeah. i think, you know, it's funny when we do these events we talk ain't when young people don't, for example, watch much cable news or main stream news, they get their news from twitter and we all have friends that rant and rave on facebook walls about the election and what a lot of young people do is respond with a link to, for example, the obama volunteer page or s
my cousin is home from iraq, i'm a sophomore and i got to my junior year because the president doubled the pell grant. i don't think those are measurable when you contrast it with 2008 because those are all first time voters, some 18, 19 and didn't have the chance do that before. >> the reason you're in st. louis, interviewing the president for mtv later today. he's been doing a lot of interviews lately, be did "rolling stone" a lot of late night shows. tell me why and whether...
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he says we don't want another iraq. the question should have been excuse me, didn't you support the war in iraq. you're saying that was a mistake if you don't want another one. he went so far in the reverse direction of everything he's ever said it was like i'm surprised he doesn't whiplash. he should be treated at the emergency center at this point right now. >> it is stunning because i go back to this, he has conservatives. the most anti-obama people are watching tonight. are they willing to say whatever it takes? got to buckle this guy as long as it beats him. >> i guess a lot of people are saying that. people who are going to vote for him are not going to do it primarily on foreign policy or how he's going to change foreign policy. they're going to do it because of the economy especially those independents who could go either way. they're not hanging on his every word. >> they hate obama more than they do al qaeda? >> well. >> i mean they don't hate al qaeda. >> i don't want to make that comparison. >> a few days ag
he says we don't want another iraq. the question should have been excuse me, didn't you support the war in iraq. you're saying that was a mistake if you don't want another one. he went so far in the reverse direction of everything he's ever said it was like i'm surprised he doesn't whiplash. he should be treated at the emergency center at this point right now. >> it is stunning because i go back to this, he has conservatives. the most anti-obama people are watching tonight. are they...